diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/.import-restrictions b/cmd/kube-apiserver/.import-restrictions
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+rules:
+  - selectorRegexp: k8s[.]io/kubernetes
+    allowedPrefixes:
+      - k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-apiserver
+      - k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg
+      - k8s.io/kubernetes/plugin
+      - k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils
+      - k8s.io/kubernetes/third_party